A motorist was fined £1 in Sydney last week for taking water from a horse trough to fill his radiator.
Late frosts have done serious damage to fruit and vegetables in this district. On Saturday morning last the potato crops at Yarragee were cut to the ground.
Messrs. Berriman Bros. have this season grown beautiful crops of oaten and wheaten hay on their farm at Congo. They expect the yield to be 70 tons from the 30 acres under cultivation.
Mr. A. T. Morgan, the new host of the Criterion Hotel has installed an up-to-date electric lighting plant. Two bulbs have been placed at each end of the gable roof, giving the whole of the premises an attractive appearance at night.
Mr. Austin MacKay, the well-known architect, was in Moruya during the week in conjunction with the plans for the proposed new Convent.
Mr. W. H. Corkhill has resigned the position of secretary of Tilba Tilba Progress Association, after 43 years’ continuous occupancy of the office. Mr. Corkhill’s resignation was due to the fact that his eyesight is failing.
In a Sydney hospital lies a girl near death from peritonitis caused through excessive dancing of the Charleston. At the same time a well-known Sydney medical man declares that he has performed ten different operations within a few weeks on girls suffering from acute appendicitis, due to the same cause.
Last week two lorry loads of pupil from Bodalla school, in the charge of their teachers, visited Coila beach to view the whale stranded there.
In Narooma there have been visible signs of the commencement of the Tourist Season during the past week. There is every indication of a most colorful season, as with the gaily colored “pullovers,” and fancy checked “plus fours” that are in evidence it would appear that it is the intention of mere man to give the ladies a run this year, and the fair sex will have to make a bold bid for something extra special in the way of mousselines, crepe-de-shines, and jazz garters to maintain pride of place.
Mr. Harold Graham, manager of Malabar Co-operative Store at Granitetown, was married at the Methodist Church, Central Tilba, last week, to Miss Eunice Graham. Prior to their marriage they were tendered a complimentary social, and bride-elect was presented with a silver fruit tray and silver flower vase.
Amusu Theatre. Buster Keaton in The Seven Chances, a riot of laughter, giggles, chuckles and roars, whirled up in a tornado of joy. Also, Conway Tearle and Claire Windsor, and all star cast in Just a Woman, a drama that dares to tell every woman what is deepest in her heart.
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